Tuesday, November 1, 2016

New faces

It's back. "On Background:James Harding and guests dig a little deeper into some of the big stories of the week."

Yes, BBC Director of News James Harding returns for a second series of the World Service show, with unbilled co-host Zanny Minton-Beddoes, the editor of The Economist.

The show is due for first transmission this Friday, but whoa ! It's already available as an Economist podcast, with Zanny given top billing. It looks like it was recorded yesterday. Which presumably means either James or Zanny has a busy week ahead, with some real work to do....